Judgement of this case: Click Here! IMMIGRATION — Refugee status — Requirements — Applicant was Bangladeshi Christian who worked as head chef at hotel — Applicant claimed to have been harassed and threatened by H who was subordinate chef and union leader — Applicant came to Canada on temporary work permit and when it expired […]

  Judgement of this Case: Click Here! IMMIGRATION — Refugee status — Procedure — Cessation of refugee status — Denial of adjournment request — In April 2014, Minister applied to Immigration and Refugee Board to cease foreign national’s refugee status — At that time, foreign national was out of country — Foreign national learned about […]

Judgement of this Case: Click Here! IMMIGRATION — Refugee status — Procedure — Applicant, citizen of Cuba, was refused convention refugee status on ground testimony not included in information in Personal Information Form (PIF) — Counsel for applicant had filled out PIF but had made omissions as applicant had filled out form in Spanish and […]

Judgement for this Case: Click here! IMMIGRATION — Refugee status — Procedure — Appeal of decision of Refugee Protection Division (RPD) to Refugee Appeal Division (RAD) — Standard of review — Refugee claimants were citizens of Pakistan who alleged fear of persecution as Shia Muslims — RPD found that claimants lacked credibility and had internal […]

Judgement for this Case: Click here! IMMIGRATION — Refugee status — Procedure — Appeal of decision of Refugee Protection Division (RPD) by Refugee Appeal Division (RAD) — Standard of review — Refugee claimant was citizen of Turkey claimed to fear that he would be persecuted in that country for being Armenian Orthodox Christian — Claimant […]

Judgement for this Case: Click here! IMMIGRATION — Refugee status — Procedure — Admissibility of new evidence — Refugee claimant was citizen of Nigeria who submitted claim for refugee protection based on his sexual orientation — On February 28, 2014 Refugee Protection Division (“RPD”) refused his claim — Claimant appealed to Refugee Appeal Division (“RAD”) […]

Judgement for this Case: Click here! IMMIGRATION — Refugee status — Procedure — Applicant claimed that he was Sufi Muslim from minority clan in Somalia and that he would be murdered by terrorist organization called Al-Shabaab if he stayed in Somalia — He arrived in Canada in November 2013 and asked for refugee protection shortly […]

Judgement for this Case: Click here! IMMIGRATION — Refugee status — Procedure — Refugee Protection Division (RPD) of the Immigration and Refugee Board denied applicant refugee status — RPD found applicant was not credible — RPD determined that actions of government in country of origin were enforcement of ordinary law of general application — Applicant […]

Judgement for this Case: Click here! IMMIGRATION — Refugee status — Requirements — Refugee claimant was citizen of Honduras who alleged fear of persecution by Maras gang — Claimant worked as collections agent, travelling to all areas of city on motorcycle to collect money — Mara gang began to make extortion demands on claimant which […]

Judgement for this Case: Click here! IMMIGRATION — Refugee status — Requirements — Refugee Protection Division (“RPD”) denied applicant’s refugee claim because it found that that he failed to rebut presumption of state protection — Applicant sought judicial review — Application dismissed — RPD’s assessment of state protection was not unreasonable — Court did not […]